Dear valued stakeholders, it is my great pleasure and honour to welcome you to the College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, the pioneer institution in providing high standards and relevant professional and technical training in Wildlife and Tourism Management in Africa and beyond. The College also, through its competent and experienced staff, conducts research and provides consultancy services relevant in addressing the challenges facing wildlife and tourism sectors and tapping the emerging opportunities.

The history of this College dates back to 1961 during the International Symposium on the Conservation of African Wildlife which was held in Arusha to deliberate on the future of wildlife conservation in the post-colonial era. Two of the outcomes of this symposium were resolution which urged post-colonial African governments to give a special priority for training in wildlife management and Arusha Manifesto, which among other things, underscored a need for specialist knowledge and trained manpower as prerequisites for effective conservation of wildlife and wild places. The College was founded on 24June 1963 with 25 students from Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Cameroon and Tanzania.

Since its establishment in 1963, the College has trained over 8,000 wildlife managers from 28 African countries and 24 non-African countries. In recognition of its outstanding contribution to the protection of international wildlife and environment, the College has won a number of prestigious awards including UNEP International Sasakawa Environment Prize in 1986, United States Fish and Wildlife Award and Safari Club International Award. The College is also recognized as a Centre of Excellence by the East African Community (EAC) and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).

We recognize the dynamic nature of wildlife and tourism sectors. Therefore, our training has always been vibrant to cope with emerging and growing changes while maintaining our good standards. There are challenges ahead in a number of domains of our work but also opportunities to excel. Our vision, mission, core values and strategic plan are guiding us towards realization of our dreams.

We have conducive and convenient learning environment attributed to friendly people, calm weather and strategic geographical location. Our College enjoys a beautiful, peaceful and secure location at the foot of the roof of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. It is strategically located in proximity to our major wildlife protected areas in the Tanzania's northern tourist circuit, thus providing expediency for field practical and excursions. Access from and to the main entry points, has given the College an advantage of being one of the convenient centres for seminars, workshops, symposia and conferences.

We are committed to developing an environment which promotes equality of opportunity, values diversity and where students, staff and other stakeholders can work and study free from discrimination and harassment regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, disability, age, gender and sexual orientation. Our ambition is to ensure that Mweka becomes your second home!

Lastly, I wish to welcome the support of all our stakeholders to help us achieve our legal mandate of training managers who will take care of African wildlife resources. You can support us through pursuing your courses at Mweka and/or collaborating with Mweka to facilitate the training process. Please be a part of Mweka, be a part of conservation! Karibuni sana!

Yours sincerely,Prof. Jafari R. KidegheshoRector

Social services and sports

The College has sports facilities for indoor and outdoor games including a soccer (football) pitch, courts for lawn tennis, squash, basketball and volleyball, table tennis, darts and badminton.It will be important for students to bring sports gear. Students have access to satellite televetion for educational and entertainment purposes in the the evenings and on weekends. Moshi municipality and its neighborhoods are also accessible to the students around the clock for social interactions and sports.

Students Accommodation

Students accommodation is available for about 600 students on a shared occupancy basis. Rooms are allocated to students on a first-come, first-served basis. For those who are not accommodated on campus, accommodation can be secured either in Moshi municipality (approximately 14km from the College) or at Mweka and Sungu villages adjacent to the College. Public transport between Mweka and Moshi is not very reliable but, students staying off-campus can organize themselves and arrange for transport from Moshi on terms to be decided by the group of students and owner of the transport facility.

Training Facilities

The College has up-to-date training facilities, including a modern training block consisting of five medium and large teaching rooms, staff offices, computer labs for training and students use. For field safaris, Mweka has access to Tanzania's protected areas such as Serengeti, Kilimanjaro National Parks and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. In addition, the College owns an area in the Kwakuchinja wildlife migration corridor between Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Parks.

Library

The library provides professional services to support teaching and learning. It offers a conducive reading environament and resources both print and electronic covering a vast of subjects in wildlife management and tourism such as biology, nature conservation, zoology,mammalogy, wildlife utilization, tour guiding, protected area planning, ornithology, agroforestry etc. The library has registered to four programs named AGORA, OARE, ARDI and HINARI which connects to more than 300 publishers to provides online resources.

Announcements

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